US medical personnel hold the remains of a banner hit by German bombs, Nettuno, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US medical personnel hold up the remains of a banner that was hit by German bombs. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-1431." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-2-20-44 / Nettuno Area, Italy! Left to right: Medic Privates Joseph B. Tito, Chicago, Ill., and John L. Sirois, Minneapolis, Minn., hold parts of the tattered Red Cross banner hit in German night air attack. The banner was used to identify the area as a hospital." Nettuno, Italy. 20 February 1944
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From the service of Brigadier General Terence John Tully, a West Point graduate, Signal Officer during the African landings, Chief Signal Officer, Allied Force Headquarters Africa/Italy for all Mediterranean operations. Tully served with the Signal Corps in Italy and North Africa documenting the 5th Army specifically. Later he was Commander of Camp Crowder, Missouri.
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Nettuno
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41.450
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12.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Medical personnel--American--Italy
Military hospitals--Italy
War damage--Italy
Banners--Italy